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  • Russian insurer Ingosstrakh is considering an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange, according to reports last Friday (31 March). The move would see Russia's second largest insurer become the country's first publicly traded...
  • Further significant catastrophes this year could restrict reinsurers access to the capital markets, according to a report by ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P). The report noted that, although earnings had been poor for property & casualty...
  • A report by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has warned that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is costing UK consumers £400mn a year. Stringent regulations and a sales process that is burdened with too much "irrelevant information"...
  • Specialist Lloyd's insurer Advent announced pre-tax losses of £74.8mn in its full-year results, which were released on 31 March. The company fell from last year's pre-tax profit of £4.5mn after suffering a £79.7mn net hit from hurricanes Katrina...
  • Lloyd's insurer SVB Holdings plc confirmed last week a scheme of arrangement to ring-fence past liabilities, with the creation of a new holding company Novae Group plc, and formation of an FSA-regulated insurer capitalised by proceeds from a £110mn...
  • The unlikely alliance between industry titans Maurice "Hank" Greenberg and Warren Buffett has led to the former AIG chief executive establishing an aviation underwriting platform in Lloyd's. Redholm Underwriting Agents began underwriting on behalf...
  • Keith Rutter has returned to frontline duties in the London market this week by joining Oxygen Insurance Brokers. Rutter, the former head of Independent Insurance’s London market operations, together with his ex-colleague at NCG Professional Risks...
  • Shareholders of the Arab Insurance Group (ARIG) have approved the resumption of dividend payments at the company's AGM. Profits were up nearly $22mn last year at ARIG, representing a 19.5 percent return on average shareholders'...
  • Insured losses from Cyclone Larry, which struck northeastern Australia last month, are estimated at between AUS$300mn and AUS$400mn by ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P). The agency said that, although Larry had been a major disaster for the...
  • Lexington Insurance, a property and casualty unit of American International Group (AIG) has announced that it will reduce its coverage of catastrophe-exposed areas by 20-25 percent this year. Florida, the Gulf Coast and California are among the...